U.S. War Relocation Authority Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MS Un4p 365

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Scope and Content Note

Sixty-four 8" x 10" glossy prints, 31 of the Rohwer Relocation Center at McGehee, Ark. and 33 of the Jerome Relocation Center at Denson, Ark., together with 680 electrostatic copies of photographs (64 of those in 8" x 10" prints and 616 others) with coded and captioned identifications. Photographs and electrostatic copies depict aspects of American concentration camp administration and facilities and of the life and work of incarcerees held there. Prints and electrostatic copies are reproduced from original photographs in Series 14 of NARS' RG 210.

Dates

Creation: 1942-1944

Creator

United States. War Relocation Authority (Organization)

Language of Materials

Materials are in English

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Arrangement of the Papers

Arranged in four series:

Series 1. Rohwer Photographs
Series 2. Jerome Photographs
Series 3. Electrostatic Copies of Photographs in Series 1 and 2
Series 4. Electrostatic Copies of NARS' Photographs in Series 14 of RG 210, Not Included In Series 1, and 2

Acquisition Information

The U.S. War Relocation Authority Photographs were purchased by Special Collections from the U.S. National Archives and Records Service in October 1979.

Location of Originals

Originals are held by U.S. National Archives and Records Service in Series 14 of NARS' RG 210

Related Materials

Records relating to U.S. War Relocation Authority Photographs include:

Jerome Relocation Center Collection MC 629

Jerome Relocation Center Final Report MC 695

U.S. Jerome Relocation Center, Denson, Arkansas Records MS Un4j 360 WRA

U.S. War Relocation Authority, Jerome Relocation Center Records MS Un4r 452

Additional related records are described in the following topic guide:

Japanese American Incarceration Archives in Special Collections

Processing Information

Processed by Samuel Sizer; completed April 1980.

Corrections, additional information (names of photographers), and notes added to finding aid by Nan Lawler, December 1986. Finding aid language was updated by Katrina Windon in August 2022 as part of a project to update outdated or harmful description about the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Image descriptions are transcriptions of original image captions.